Monty Python formerly taught us the following neuroscience: “The Human brain is like a tremendous fish. It is flat, and slimy, and has gills through which it can see.” That obvious bullshit is obvious bullshit. It’s likewise not much sillier than our own daily treatment of our intelligences. We know the human brain needs calm, help, and interaction with other humans. So why don’t we pass that to our gilled head-fish?

On this week’s episode of The Cracked Podcast, Alex Schmidt sits down with Jason Pargin ( aka David Wong) to rediscover psyches and the human rights carrying them around. They’ll get into why this is the era of besieging our intellects with Snapchats, sleeplessness, and imperfect love. They’ll explore the fundamental feedback loops that spawn us seek out bad wonts. And they’ll pick out how you can be aware of your own mental health needs, even if our wider culture wants to manoeuvre you into forgetting all about them.